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Pictured: Manzanita y su Conjunto.
There were also amusing touches, or what the Romans considered amusing. A jeweler who had sold some fake stones was sentenced to the arena. The wretched man was driven into the arena and a lion’s cage rolled out before him. While the jeweler fell on his knees and prayed for mercy, the door of the cage was pulled back — and out walked a chicken. The jeweler fainted from shock while the emperor had the heralds announce: “As the man practiced deceit, he has now had it practiced on him.” The jeweler was allowed to leave the arena alive. (This actually happened during the reign of the Emperor Gallienus in 250 A.D..)
— Daniel P. Mannix, Those About To Die.
Here’s what Reeshard & Lee-Roy played in Ep. 314 of No Condition Is Permanent:
Detroit Spinners — “Working My Way Back To You” — Anthems Disco
Afro National — “Mr. Who You Be” — African Experimentals (1972-1979)
Monterays — “Blast Off” — Strummin’ Mental!
Los Kenya — “Hoculele Nº 2” — Siempre Afro-Latino
The Castaways — “I Love The Way You Walk” — Halcyon Days: 60s Mod, R&B, Brit Soul & Freakbeat Nuggets
Ali Kocatepe — “Yeni Bir Dünya ‘74’” — Saz Beat Vol. 3: Turkish Rock, Funk, And Psychedelic Music Of The 1960s And 1970s
Rex Garvin & The Mighty Cravers — “Sock It To ‘Em J.B. Pt. 1”— Whip It On ‘Em
Fantastic Epics — “Fun & Funk Part II” — Funky Crimes
Ros Sereysothea, Sinn Sisamouth And Friends — “Go-Go Dance” — Cambodian Psych-Out
Creation’s Disciples — “Psychedelic Retraction” — Destination Frantic!
Errol Brown And The Revolutionaries — “Tip Top Dub” — Tip Top Dub
Joe Houston — “Shtiggy Boom” — Great Googly Moo (And More Undisputed Truths)
L’Orchestre Grand Pizza — “Oboti Kolisa” — Urgent Jumping! (East African Musiki Wa Dansi Classics)
Devo — “Come Back Jonee (Single Version)” — Social Fools: The Virgin Singles 1978-1982
Money Chicha — “Cosa Verde” — Echo en Mexico
The Slits — “Earthbeat” — Return Of The Giant Slits
The Action 13 — “More Bread to the People” — Nigeria Rock Special: Psychedelic Afro-Rock & Fuzz Funk in 1970s Nigeria
Andre Williams & The Lancers — “Jivin’ Around (Hit Version)” — Rib Tips & Pig Snoots: Rare & Unreleased Au-Go-Go Soul 1965-1971
Les Shleu Shleu — “Ceremonie Loa” — Les Shleu Shleu
The Pixies Three — “442 Glenwood Avenue” — Golden Girl Groups
Hamdan Sulaiman & The King Clark — “Manusia” — Psyche Oh! A Go Go: Lost Gems Of Malaysia/Singapura Pop Music ’64-’74
Masters Of Reality — “Tilt-A-Whirl” — Sunrise On The Sufferbus
Kazi Aniruddha — “O Haseena” — Bollywood Steel Guitar
Creations Unlimited — “Corruption Is the Thing” — Function Underground: The Black & Brown American Rock Sound 1969-1974
Phương Tâm — “Nhớ Mình Anh Thôi (Missing Only You)” — Saigon Surf Twist & Soul (1964-1966)
Paul Revere & the Raiders — “Him or Me (What’s It Gonna Be?)” — Hungry for Kicks: Singles & Choice Cuts 1965-69
Icebreakers/The Diamonds — “Who Cares” — Planet Mars Dub
Five Masks — “Polly Molly” — Savvy Sugar: The Pure Essence Of West Coast Rock & Roll
Les Quatre Étoiles — “Omba” — Sangonini
The Velvet Underground — “We’re Gonna Have a Real Good Time Together [2014 mix]” — The Velvet Underground
Manzanita y su Conjunto — “No Me Marchare” — Trujillo, Perú 1971-1974
Billy Gayles — “Take Your Fine Frame Home” — R&B Hipshakers Vol.3: Just A Little Bit Of The Jumpin’ Bean
LORD BUCKLEY’S WEEKLY BENEDICTION…
Ennio Morricone — “Scusi, Facciamo L’amore” — Library Of Sound Grooves: Erotic Vibrations & Bossa Moods From The Italian Cinema (1966-1973)
Pictured: The Pretty Things.
The urgency in these mid-sixties songs is history itself: the need for this sound to exist right at that point. Groups like Them, Pretty Things, Who, Kinks were already the second generation of rock, but so caught up were they in the hurtle of the sixties, so fanatically committed to their second-hand sound, that they blast right through the inauthenticity and imposture. By the seventies and the third generation, a fatal layer of distance and detachment intervenes. Perhaps in [David Bowie’s] Pinups there is a submerged undercurrent of aggression towards ancestors who were somehow able to overcome their unrealness.
— Simon Reynolds, Shock and Awe: Glam Rock and its Legacy.
Here’s what Reeshard & Lee-Roy played in Ep. 313 of No Condition Is Permanent:
The Detroit Emeralds — “Do Me Right” — Do Me Right
Pasteur Lappé — “Hiembi Nin (Hymne A La Vie)” — African Funk Experimentals (1979 to 1981)
The Clashmen — “Boondocker” — The Surf Creature
Los Megatones De Lucho — “Yo Se Que Tú” — Color de Trópico Vol. 3
Apostolic Intervention — “Madame Garcia” — British Mod Sounds Of The 1960s
Trinity — “This Old Heart Of Mine” — Dreadlocks Satisfaction
Larry Williams — “Hocus Pocus” — Great Googly Moo (And More Undisputed Truths)
Hasnah Haron & the Spiritual 70s — “Bintang Pujaan” — Pop Yeh Yeh: Psychedelic Rock from Singapore and Malaysia 1964-1970 Vol. 1
Igo Kantor — “Vixen & The Constable” — Vixen OST
Wganda Kenya — “El Caterete” — Diablos del Ritmo: The Colombian Melting Pot 1960-1985
The De-Vaurs — “Boy in Mexico” — Souvenirs of the Soul Clap Vol. 5
Errol Brown And The Revolutionaries — “Tell Me Now Dub aka Dub Outta Control” — Tip Top Dub
The Fe-Fi-Four Plus 2 — “I Wanna Come Back (From The World Of LSD)” — Garage Beat ’66 Vol. 1: Like What, Me Worry?
Los Reyes 73 — “Finalizo Un Amor” — Cuba: Music and Revolution – Culture Clash in Havana Cuba – Experiments in Latin Music 1973 – 85 Vol. 2
Parliament — “Breakdown” — Land Of 1000 Dances: Special Soul and Funk Edition
Cheikh Sidi Bémol — “Ma Kayen Walou Kima L’Amour” — Arabesque Arba’a 4
Ramones — “I Don’t Want You“ — Road to Ruin
Tala A.M. — “Gotam” — African Funk Experimentals 1975 to 1978
The Neons — “Fat Girls” — Challenge 45rpm
Africa Negra — “12 De Julho” — Antologia Vol. 1
The Pretty Things — “Baron Saturday” — S.F. Sorrow [mono]
Machito — “Tibiri-Tabara” — Salsa Heat: Classic Salsa From The Vaults Of Fania Records
Al Allen — “Egghead” — Carlton 45rpm
Susan Cadogan — “Do It Baby” — Lee Scratch Perry: Born In The Sky: Upsetter At The Controls 1969-1975
The Belgianetts — “Do The Crank” — Show Me What You Got! Sixteen Soul Slathered Sizzlers!!!
Pamelo Mounk’a — “Laisse Toi Vivre Mamouni” — Propulsion!
The Undertones — “Jimmy Jimmy” — The Undertones
Yabby You & The Prophets — “Aggression Dub” — The Yabby You Sound (Dubs & Versions)
Aardvarks — “I Don’t Believe” — Scream Loud!!! The Fenton Records Story
Juaneco Y Su Combo — “Mujer Hilandera” — Masters Of Chicha 1
Orgone — “Open Season” — Bacano
LORD BUCKLEY’S WEEKLY BENEDICTION…
Julee Cruise — “Movin’ In On You” — The Voice Of Love
Pictured: Wilbur “Red” Prysock.
Louis Jordan was criticized by some for catering to his white audiences. In an interview published in the English magazine Blues Unlimited a few years ago, Jordan admitted that he had at times made a conscious effort to render his performances accept able to “the white crackers.” Yet his spirit of whorish compromise was ahead of his time, too, in a way. Looking back now, it’s easy to see that real rock ‘n’ roll has always been anti-purity, and that Louis Jordan was no more an Uncle Tom than Jimi Hendrix or Michael Jackson. He was a snazzier dresser than either of them, to boot.
In 1946 Astor Pictures released a musical called Beware. It centered on the Louis Jordan hit of the same name and year. The purported star of the film was Milton Woods (described as “the colored Basil Rathbone”), but the picture belongs to Louis Jordan and his band, who, in one wild and eerie scene, emerge galloping on horseback over the range – with glistening saxophones slung over their sharkskin shoulders. What finer way to be remembered?
— Nick Tosches, Unsung Heroes of Rock & Roll.
Here’s what we played in Ep. 312 of No Condition Is Permanent:
Al Matthews — “Fool” — Disco 75
The Ogyatanaa Show Band — “Disco Africa” — Ghana Soundz Vol. 2: Afro-Beat, Funk and Fusion in 70’s Ghana
The Mockers — “Madalena” — Sleazy Surf! Vol. 2
The Upsetters — “Jungle Lion” — Double Seven
Red Prysock — “Little Jamie” — Handclappin’ Foot Stompin’ Rock N’ Roll – 30 Booting Platters from the King of the Honking Tenor Sax 54-59
Hany Mehanna — “Rehla” — Music for Airplanes: A Collection of Instrumental Showpieces and Scores for Egyptian Films and TV-Series 1973-1980
Dave & The Diamonds — “Think About Love” — British Mod Sounds Of The 1960s
Michi Sarmiento — “Hong Kong” — Aqui Los Bravos! The Best Of Y Su Comba Bravo 1967-77
Johnny & The Hurricanes — “Bam-Boo” — Beat from Badsville Vol. 2
The Elcados — “I Was Stunned Into Speechlessness” — This World Is Full Of Injustice
Dennis Coffey — “Live Wire” — Live Wire (The Westbound Years 1975-78)
Errol Dunkley — “Love Brother” — Explosive Rock Steady: Joe Gibbs’ Amalgamated Label 1967-1973
Don Armando’s Second Avenue Rhumba Band — “I’m An Indian, Too” — Mutant Disco Volume 3: Garage Sale
Sripai Jaipra — “Officer Of Hell’s Announcement” — Thai Funk ZudRangMa Vol. 2
Mighty Hannibal — “Motha Goose Breaks Loose” — Hannibalism
Mighty Sparrow — “More Cock” — Hot and Sweet
The Skeletons — “Nervous Breakdown” — “Live” at the Amador 1979
Scotty — “Draw Your Brakes” — High Explosion: DJ Sounds From 1970 To 1976
Moon Mullins & His Night Raiders — “Bip Bop Boom” — Super Rare Rockabilly
Adnan Othman & the Rhythmn Boys — “Budi Bahasa” — Pop Yeh Yeh: Psychedelic Rock from Singapore and Malaysia 1964-1970 Vol. 1
The Flamin’ Groovies — “Shake Some Action” — Shake Some Action
Los Shapis — “El Serranito” — Chicha Popular: Love & Social Political Songs From Discos Horoscopo 1977-1987
The Romans — “Uh Huh” — M.M.I. 45rpm
Oscar Sulley & The Uhuru Dance Band — “Bukom Mashie” — Ghana Soundz: Afro-Beat, Funk & Fusion In ’70s Ghana
Jeff Simmons — “Appian Way” — Lucille Has Messed My Mind Up
Earthquake Jazz Band — “Blasio Onyango” — Urgent Jumping! (East African Musiki Wa Dansi Classics)
Frosty And The Diamonds — “Destination Mars” — Beat Jazz: Pictures From The Gone World Vol. 1
Mario Allison Y Sus Estrellas — “Son Cuero Y Boogaloo” — Buttshakers Soul Party Vol.13
The Thundermen — “Conjagua” — Kiski 45rpm
Phương Tâm — “20-40” — Saigon Surf Twist & Soul (1964-1966)
The Modern Lovers — “Dignified & Old” — The Modern Lovers
The Aay Jays — “The Aay Jays Theme” — Pakistan: Folk and Pop Instrumentals 1966-1976
LORD BUCKLEY’S WEEKLY BENEDICTION…
Kevin Ayers — “May I?” — June 1, 1974
Pictured: The Velvet Underground.
On the surface everything looked all right. Tom Mancuso reviewing a Max’s performance described Lou Reed arriving at the club one evening: “Before the first set begins, around eleven thirty, Lou Reed carries in his guitar, checks its tuning, takes off his nylon windbreaker, and then talks to people. He wears tennis shoes and the way he walks, even the way he talks, has an athletic composure, a reserved confidence. Lou Reed has ‘always wanted to play in a rock’n’roll band’. He does, and he describes what he does as ‘like meeting people’. If someone sings one of his songs, ‘it’s like humming your name’. Another way in which he describes what he enjoys about music compares it to sports: ‘It’s the playing that’s nice.’ Modest ambitions, pleasures, and metaphors are unexpected from a rock’n’roll star. ‘I’m not a star,’ he says.”
— Victor Bockris & Gerard Malanga, Up-tight: The Velvet Underground Story.
Here’s what we played in Ep. 311 of No Condition Is Permanent:
MFSB (Featuring The Three Degrees) — “T.S.O.P. (The Sound Of Philadelphia)” — Philadelphia International Records: 40th Anniversary
Ephraim Uzomechina Nzeka — “Zombie” — African Disco: Deep Disco From 1970’s Africa
Chevells — “Let There Be Surf” — Diggin’ Out
Hayko — “Tatlim” — Psych Funk A’ La Turkish Vol.2
Psycho — “You Need Me” — Destination Frantic!
Pintura Roja — “Navidad Sin Mama” — Chicha Popular: Love & Social Political Songs From Discos Horoscopo 1977-1987
The Action — “Look at the View” — Rolled Gold
Lloyd Parks — “Kung Fu Fighting” — Kung Fu! (Reggae Vs The Martial Arts)
Johnny & The Hurricanes — “Bam-Boo” — Beat From Badsville Vol. 2
Africa Negra — “12 De Julho” — Antologia Vol. 1
Procol Harum — “Still There’ll Be More” — Home
Betico Salas Y Su Sonora — “Cactus” — ¡Gózalo! Bugalú Tropical Vol. 5
LaVern Baker — “Voodoo Voodoo” — Great Googa Mooga
Henri Guédon — “La Haut Dan Montãne La” — Karma
Travis Wammack — “Fire Fly” — That Scratchy Guitar From Memphis
Tappa Zukie — “Jah Is I Guiding Star” — If Deejay Was Your Trade: The Dreads at King Tubby’s 1974-1977
Hank Ballard & The Midnighters — “Nothing But Good” — R&B Hipshakers Vol.3: Just A Little Bit Of The Jumpin’ Bean
Ros Sereysothea, Sinn Sisamouth And Friends — “Go-Go Dance” — Cambodian Psych-Out
John Kongos — “He’s Gonna Step On You Again” — Kongos
The Identicals — “Who Made the World” — Wake Up You! The Rise and Fall of Nigerian Rock, 1972-1977 Vol. 2
Kid Creole & The Coconuts — “Latin Music” — Fresh Fruit in Foreign Places
Bob & The Tru Tones — “Don’t Blame This Joint” — West Indies Funk Vol.2
Nathaniel Mayer — “I’m a Lonely Man” — Why Don’t You Give It To Me?
Glen Brown & King Tubby — “Version 78 Style” — Termination Dub (1973-79)
Wire — “Men 2nd” — Chairs Missing
Kamaru Celina Band — “Mukurara Nake” — Kenya Special: Volume Two (Selected East African Recordings From The 1970s & ’80s)
The Tempos — “(Countdown) Here I Come” — Soul Stormers: Up-Tempo Northern Soul
Rasela — “Pemain Bola” — Those Shocking Shaking Days: Indonesia Hard, Psychedelic, Progressive Rock and Funk 1970-1978
The Individuals — “Jungle Superman” — Jungle Rock
Bappi Lahiri — “Dance Music” — Bollywood Bloodbath: The B-Music of the Indian Horror Film Industry
The Velvet Underground — “We’re Gonna Have a Real Good Time Together” — The Complete Matrix Tapes
Tabou Combo De Petion-Ville — “No Me Dejes” — Indestructible
LORD BUCKLEY’S WEEKLY BENEDICTION…
The Floaters — “Float On” — Soul Hits of the 70s: Didn’t It Blow Your Mind!, Vol. 19
Pictured: Dennis “Blackbeard” Bovell.
Probably UK reggae’s most innovative and celebrated son, Dennis [Bovell] can look back on a three-decade international recording, writing, deejaying, playing and production history that stretches back through Matumbi, the Dub Band, Blackbeard, Sufferer HiFi, 4th Street Orchestra, the Lovers’ Rock label, Linton Kwesi Johnson, Alpha Blondy and, more recently, the Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra. Matumbi put on one of the best live shows in Britain – dubwise or otherwise; for a long time his groups were the first choice to back visiting Jamaican singers; his projects used to saturate the UK reggae charts and make regular riddim raids into the pop Top 40; while his way with the bass-line was employed by a range of pop acts from Bananarama to Captain Sensible to the Slits. For years, back in the 1970s, Dennis Bovell was the hub at the centre of British reggae’s wheel: very little of any worth happened that didn’t have his fingerprints on it somewhere.
— Lloyd Bradley, Bass Culture: When Reggae Was King.
Here’s what we played in Ep. 310 of No Condition Is Permanent:
Gene Page — “Satin Soul” — Disco 75
Question Mark — “Freaking Out” — Nigeria Rock Special: Psychedelic Afro-Rock & Fuzz Funk in 1970s Nigeria
Jerry Cole & His Spacemen — “Point Panic” — Lost Legends of Surf Guitar, Vol. 2: Point Panic!
Byron Lee — “Green Onions” — Sounds & Pressure: Mod-Reggae
Jamo Thomas — “I Spy (For The FBI)” — Stompers, Floaters & Floorshakers
Phương Tâm — “Có Nhớ Đêm Nào (Remember the Night)” — Saigon Surf Twist & Soul (1964-1966)
Betty McQuade — “Tongue Tied” — Beat From Badsville Vol. 2
Willie Rosario & His Orchestra — “Frutas De Mi Pais” — Boogaloo & Guaguanco
Little Marcus & the Devotions — “Lone Stranger Went Mad” — Malamondo 3
Esquires Ltd. — “Theme From ‘Shaft’” — Cult Cargo: Grand Bahama Goombay
The Drifters — “Yodee Yakee” — Great Googly Moo (And More Undisputed Truths)
CK Mann Big Band — “Fa W’akoma Ma Me” — Essiebons Special 1973 – 1984: Ghana Music Power House
The Marvelettes — “Beechwood 4-5789” — Hitsville USA: The Motown Singles Collection 1959-1971
El Timba — “Descarga Bontempi” — Sofrito: Tropical Discotheque
The Kinks — “I Gotta Move” — The Kinks EP’s [mono]
Yabby You & The Prophets — “Dub U So” — The Yabby You Sound (Dubs & Versions)
The Vibrations — “Fortune Teller” — 20 Original Mod Classics
Berto Pisano & Jacques Chaumont — “Inchiesta” — Kill! OST
Majid Soula — “Tafat (Instrumental)” — Chant Amazigh
Claude Mclin — “Jambo” — Dooto 45rpm
The Ashantis — “Everybody’s Groove” — Club Africa Vol.1: Hard African Funk, Afro-Jazz, & Original Afro-Beat
The Mermen — “Ocean Beach” — Food for Other Fish
Dennis “Blackbeard” Bovell — “Mint Ah Music” — Strictly Dub Wize
The Fabulous Playboys — “Nervous” — Shakin’ Fit!
Kalyanji-Anandji — “Qurbani (Title Music)” — Bollywood Funk: 15 Funk-Fuelled Grooves From The Bollywood Classics
Mickey & The Soul Generation — “Iron Leg” — Iron Leg: The Complete Mickey & The Soul Generation
Fela Kuti — “Expensive Shit” — Expensive Shit
The Dootones — “Ay Si Si” — Rumba Doowop ’55
King Tubby — “A Rougher Version” — King Tubby’s Hometown Hi-Fi Dubplate Specials 1975-1979
The Showstoppers — “Ain’t Nothing but a House Party” — Mod Anthems: Original Northern Soul, R’N’B & Ska Classics
LORD BUCKLEY’S WEEKLY BENEDICTION…
Peter Gordon — “Life Is Boring” — Star Jaws
Pictured: Sylvia Robinson.
As far as Sylvia Robinson was concerned, all the track needed was for Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five to lay down the vocals, only for Flash to protest the song was “way too dark, way too edgy, and way too much of a downer.” Melle Mel didn’t share Flash’s concerns, however, and offered Fletcher additional lyrics he had written for Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five’s “Super Rappin’ No. 2” that told the story of a kid who grew up in poverty and died young in prison. Flash’s dismay increased when Robinson outlined her intention to have Mel deliver the lyrics solo. “This is what I was afraid of,” recalls the dj in his autobiography. “This is how things fall apart. This isn’t about Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five. This isn’t everybody shining at the same time. This isn’t about teamwork. This isn’t about taking five mcs and making ’em sound like one, which has been our thing from the very beginning. This is about Mel. This is about Sylvia. This is about money.” The dj tried to turn the situation around by having the Furious Five deliver the song, only for Robinson to reject everything save for Flash’s name, turning to Mel to deliver the lyrics as a solo rap. “All the rappers, including us, were scared to do something serious,” Mel told Steven Hager. “Sylvia Robinson is the only one who believed in ‘The Message.’ She told us it would be a big song for us.”
— Tim Lawrence, Life and Death on the New York Dance Floor 1980-1983.
Here’s what we played in Ep. 309 of No Condition Is Permanent:
The O’Jays — “Back Stabbers” — Back Stabbers
Pasteur Lappé — “More Sekele Movement (Papa Ni Mama)” — African Funk Experimentals (1979 to 1981)
The Starfires — “Re-Entry” — Surf Guitars Rumble Vol. 1
Money Chicha — “Echo en Mexico” — Echo en Mexico
Gene & Eunice — “Bom Bom Lulu” — Great Googly Moo (And More Undisputed Truths)
Thongmi Malai — “Lam Phloen (Put A Girl In Her Place)” — Classic Productions By Surin Phaksiri 2: Molam Gems From The 1960s-80s
La De Da’s — “Don’t You Stand In My Way” — La De Da’s
Michel Laurent — “Matla La Mouyé” — Lèspri Ka: New Directions In Gwoka Music From Guadeloupe 1981-2010
The Mothers of Invention — “My Guitar Wants to Kill Your Mama” — Weasels Ripped My Flesh
Noro Morales Quintet — “Saona” — Welcome To The Party
Dennis Landry — “Concentration” — Southern Funkin’: Louisiana Funk and Soul 1967-1979
Treasure Isle All Stars — “Arabian Dub” — Flashing Echo: Trojan In Dub 1970-1980
Jr. Walker & the All Stars — “Roadrunner (I’m A)” — Hitsville USA: The Motown Singles Collection 1959-1971
T.P. Orchestre Poly-Rythmo — “Avoun Doupou Me Douga” — The Kings Of Benin Urban Groove 1972-80
Sylvia — “Pussy Cat” — Disco 75
Manzanita y su Conjunto — “Salomé” — Trujillo, Perú 1971-1974
Howlin Wolf — “Shake-For-Me” — Chess 45rpm
Tony Allen — “Ire Omo [feat. Adunni & Nefretiti]” — Film of Life
Brother JT — “T. Rex Blues” — The Svelteness Of Boogietude
Hamid El-Shaeri (حميد الشاعري) — “Maktoub Aleina” — The SLAM! Years 1983-88
Orgone — “Swinging Grits” — Fuzzed Up
Junior Byles And The Versatiles — “Cutting Razor (Alternate Mix)” — Cutting Razor: Rare Cuts From The Black Ark
The Gemtones — “Man With the Golden Arm” — Frolic Diner Part 1
Les Gypsies De Pétion-Ville — “La Nuit Tombe” — “Haiti”
The Atlantics — “Monkey Tree” — The Michigan Box: 1950s & 1960s Oddball Labels
Eng Nary — “I Wonder” — Cambodian Nuggets
The Eyes Of Blue — “Supermarket Full Of Cans” — The Mod Scene
Bobby Pauneto — “No-Van-Co” — Boogaloo Pow Wow: Dancefloor Rendez-Vous In Young Nuyorica
Nathaniel Mayer — “From Now On” — I Just Want to Be Held
Joe Gibbs & The Professionals — “Rema Dub” — African Dub All-Mighty Chapter 3
The Stooges — “Down On The Street” — Fun House
Remmy Ongala & Orchestre Super Matimila — “Nalia Mwana Libala” — Sema
Flash Terry & Orchestra — “She’s My Baby” — West Coast Guitar Killers Vol 2 (‘52-‘69)
Los Corraleros De Majagual — “Pomp Del Pilón” — The Afrosound Of Colombia Vol. 2
LORD BUCKLEY’S WEEKLY BENEDICTION…
Joe Hisaishi — “Sonatine 1 (Act of Violence)” — Sonatine OST
Pictured: The Rolling Stones.
In four months, Keith would appear in court for his drug trial, and some remnant of the feeling he had now would come back to him then. He would tell the court what he thought of five policemen invading his house, peering into his privacy. He would wear one of Anita’s scarves around his neck. During the recesses, he would order expensive lunches from his cell and get drunk on wine. When they asked him about the naked girl in the upstairs bedroom, he would say that he was not an old man and did not share their petty moral outrage, that the girl had just been taking a nap and that in any case she was his friend. When it was over, he would emerge from the trial transformed, a swaggering outlaw figure, no longer a lone misfit, no longer the shy dreamer who had been preyed upon at school by older boys who called him a faggot and a girl. He didn’t know that the next night the police would raid Brian’s flat, the flat in Earl’s Court he had shared with Anita, and frame him for possession of cocaine. When he thought of Brian now — leaving Brian by himself in the hotel — he couldn’t picture Brian himself, only the empty room.
— Zachary Lazar, Sway.
Here’s what we played in Ep. 308 of No Condition Is Permanent:
Crown Heights Affair — “Dreaming A Dream” — Disco 75
Segun Robert — “Big Race” — Brand New Wayo: Funk, Fast Times & Nigerian Boogie Badness 1979-1983
The Dynamics — “Later On” — Strummin’ Mental! Vol. 4
Los Wembler’s De Iquitos — “Lamento Del Yacuruna” — La Danza Del Petrolero
The Vibrations — “Cause You’re Mine” — The Northern Soul Story Vol.1: The Twisted Wheel
Plearn Promdan — “Koy Yung Mai Por (I Still Don’t Have Enough)” — Luk Thung! The Roots Of Thai Funk: Zudrangma Vol. 3
The Rationals — “I Need You” — Nuggets I: Original Artyfacts From The First Psychedelic Era
Majid Soula — “Win Terram” — Chant Amazigh
The Crystals — “Vampire” — Mercury Rock & Roll Party
Lunar 7 — “Spouge Explosion” — Hugo Mendez Presents Tropical Funk Experience: Island Jump Up: Caribbean Funk, Soul, Reggae, Calypso and Afro Grooves 1968-1975
Keith Courvale — “Trapped Love” — The Roots Of Psychobilly
Tito Puente — “Mambo Macoco” — The Complete 78s, Volume 1
The Silence — “Down Down” — Rare Mod, Vol. 1
Dennis “Blackbeard” Bovell — “Ites Of Dub” — Strictly Dub Wize
Eddie Kendricks — “Let Me Run Into Your Lonely Heart” — Keep On Truckin’: The Motown Solo Albums Vol.1
T.P. Orchestre Poly-Rythmo — “Avoun Doupou Me Douga” — The Kings Of Benin Urban Groove 1972-80
Zu Zu Blues Band — “Zu Zu Man” — A&M 45rpm
Kalyanji-Anandji — “Disco Cammata” — Bollywood Funk: 15 Funk-Fuelled Grooves From The Bollywood Classics
Chris Allen & The Goodtimers — “My Imagination” — Garage Punk Unknowns 8
N’goma Jazz — “Mi Cantando Para Ti” — Angola Soundtrack: The Unique Sound of Luanda 1965-1978
Funkadelic — “Standing On The Verge Of Getting It On” — Music for Your Mother
Juaneco Y Su Combo — “Me Voy Pa’ Trompeteros” — The Birth Of Jungle Cumbia
The Rolling Stones — “The Last Time” — Singles Collection: The London Years
Ros Sereysothea, Sinn Sisamouth And Friends — “Don’t Worry Just Be Happy And Happy” — Cambodian Psych-Out
Roxy Music — “Angel Eyes (7″ Version)” — Singles, B-Sides and Alternative Mixes
King Tubby — “Mr. D Brown Dub” — Dennis Brown In Dub
African Music Machine — “Black Water Gold” — Southern Funkin’: Louisiana Funk and Soul 1967-1979
Wganda Kenya — “Fiebre De Lepra” — Dj Bongohead Presents…Big Box Of Afrosound
Dorothy Berry — “Shindig City” — Souvenirs of the Soul Clap Vol. 2
Vaudou Game — “Tu As Deconné” — Noussin
Student Teachers — “Channel 13” — Ork Records: New York, New York
Franco & Tabu Ley Rochereau — “Lisanga Ya Ba Nganga” — Omona Wapi
Bill Doggett Combo — “Oops!” — Va Va Voom!! Vol. 5: Oops! 16 Early Instrumental Shakers
LORD BUCKLEY’S WEEKLY BENEDICTION…
Suicide — “Cheree” — Suicide
Pictured: Abelardo Carbono.
The only distinctive feature of Django [Reinhardt]’s room was the vast amount of light that flooded in. The window opened on to a long balcony from which you could see the greyish roofs of lower Montmartre, whose red chimneys cut into the capital’s smoky horizon like the battlements of some ancient castle. Behind the screen, where a kitchen of sorts had been rigged up, the monkey spent the better part of each day unearthing the remains of meals. What trouble this monkey caused! Django would never agree to part with it despite the complaints of the hotel manager. One day it would be eating soap, the next floorcloth! ‘When are you going to get rid of that menagerie of yours?’ the boss would ask him threateningly, but Django replied only by shrugging his shoulders, though he might mumble ‘What a peasant!’ between his teeth. And when he left the hotel, as though to avenge himself, he omitted to pay the money he owed. However, when the boss had regained his temper he told his customers: ‘Ah! If you knew what a state they left that room in! But I’m proud to have put up that famous gipsy who plays the guitar so well!’
— Charles Delaunay, Django Reinhardt.
Here’s what we played in Ep. 307 of No Condition Is Permanent:
The Gibson Brothers — “Que Sera Mi Vida [Original 12” Mix]” — Disco Discharge: Mondo Disco
Orchestra Makassy — “Mambo Bado” — Agwaya
The Avengers VI — “Time Bomb” — Lost Legends Of Surf Guitar, Vol. 4: Shockwave!
Clancy Eccles & King Stitt — “Fire Corner” — Monkey Business
Big Jay McNeely — “Night Ride” — The Deacon 51/52, Unabridged Vol. 2
Majid Soula — “Tameghra” — Chant Amazigh
The Only Ones — “The Immortal Story” — The Only Ones
Los Shains — “Agente Secreto” — El Ritmo De Los Shains
Abelardo Carbono feat. Meridian Brothers — “La Cumbia Sampuesana” — Palenque 45rpm
The Five Du-Tones — “Shake A Tail Feather” — Shake A Tail Feather
Brooklyn Sounds — “Guaguancó Tropical” — Latin Underground Revolution 2: More Swinging Boogaloo, Guaguancó, Salsa & Latin Soul From New York City 1968-1972
Buzzcocks — “Boredom” — Spiral Scratch
The Aggrovators — “Black Trap” — Jammies in Lion Dub Style
Dwain Bell And The Turner Brothers — “Rock And Roll On A Saturday Night” — Super Rare Rockabilly
Bich Loan and CBC Band — “Con Tim Và Nước Mắt (Heart And Tears)” — Saigon Rock & Soul: Vietnamese Classic Tracks 1968-1974
The Detroit Cobras — “Putty (In Your Hands)” — Mink, Rat or Rabbit
Cornaire Salifou Michel, El Rego & Ses Commandos — “Gangnidodo” — African Scream Contest 2: Benin 1963-1980
James Brown — “Bring It Up (Hipster’s Avenue)” — Star Time: The Hardest Working Man in Show Business
Lynn Taitt — “Steppin’ Up” — Hugo Mendez Presents Tropical Funk Experience: Island Jump Up: Caribbean Funk, Soul, Reggae, Calypso and Afro Grooves 1968-1975
Wire — “Map Ref. 41°N 93° W” — 154
Cengiz Coşkuner — “Samsun’un Evleri” — Bosporus Bridges 3: A Wide Selection Of Turkish Funk And Jazz
The Tracers — “She Said Yeah” — Fort Worth Teen Scene Vol. 1
Adnan Othman — “Mari Ka-Laut” — Bersyukor: A Retrospective of Hits by a Malaysian Pop Yeh Yeh Legend
Outer Limits — “Sweet Freedom” — Immediate Mod Box Set
Sam Mangwana et l’African All Stars — “Georgette Eckins” — Sam Mangwana et l’African All Stars
The Velvet Underground — “Guess I’m Falling in Love (Instrumental Version)” — White Light/White Heat
Omar Khorshid — “Telaet Ya Mahla Norha” — Giant + Guitar
The Outcasts — “1523 Blair” — Gallant 45rpm
Tabou Combo De Petion-Ville — “Respect” — Respect…
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Beverly Washburn — “Everybody Loves Saturday Night” — Growin’ Up Too Fast: The Girl Group Anthology
Pictured: Masters of Reality.
I believe that this is why this most delicately exquisite of intoxicants, this least stupefying of drugs—less so even than marijuana—is nevertheless so addictive. How could the taste of paradise be otherwise? Yes, of course, so much better it would be to possess that taste purely through understanding and living. But as wretched a thing as terminal opium addiction might be, it is no more wretched than addictions of more familiar and acceptable sorts. Opium addicts can live to fine old ages, and can an addiction to paradise, artificial as it may be, be considered more ignoble than an addiction to television, movies, or the other lower artificialities of a world so vacant as to be aware of and conversant in the pseudo-science of serotonin but not of or in the wisdom of Thomas, a world so vacant as to be enamored of the false connoisseurship of rancid grape juice but not the true connoisseurship of something such as opium, let alone of life?
— Nick Tosches, The Last Opium Den.
Here’s what we played in Ep. 306 of No Condition Is Permanent:
Brother to Brother — “Let Your Mind Be Free” — Disco 75
T-Fire — “Will Of The People” — Nigeria Disco Funk Special: The Sound Of The Underground Lagos Dancefloor 1974-79
PJ & The Galaxies — “Vamonos” — Rare Surf Vol 1: The South Bay Bands
The Tones — “Dream Wonder” — Let’s A Go-Go! Singapore And Southeast Asian Pop Scene 1964-69
Andre Williams & His Orchestra — “Loose Juice” — Movin’ On With… Andre Williams: Greasy And Explicit Soul Movers 1956-1970
I Roy — “A Noisy Place” — Step Forward Youth: Roots Masters from the “Punky Reggae Party”
Speedy West & Jimmy Bryant — “Lover” — Swingin’ on the Strings: The Speedy West & Jimmy Bryant Collection, Vol. 2
Los Átomos De Paramonga — “Pa Oriente Me Voy” — Cumbia Arabe (Obscure Psych Cumbia Gems)
Davie Allan & the Arrows — “Blue’s Trip” — Cycle-delic Sounds
Rachid & Fethi — “Habit En Ich” — 1970’s Algerian Folk and Pop
The Exciting Sparklers — “Pull, Wiggle And Kick” — Show Me What You Got! Sixteen Soul Slathered Sizzlers!!!
Black Sugar — “Valdez In The Country” — Black Sugar II
The Haunted — “1-2-5” — Amy 45rpm
Gyedu-Blay Ambolley — “Mumunde” — Ghana Funk 45rpm
Mike Hanks — “The Hawk” — Instrumentals Soul-Style 1955-1962
The Congos — “Feast Of The Passover” — Baffling Smoke Signal: The Upsetter Shop Vol. 3
Paul & Barry Ryan — “Keep It Out Of Sight” — Halcyon Days: 60s Mod, R&B, Brit Soul & Freakbeat Nuggets
Surapon — “Ding Dong” — Thai Beat A Go Go Vol. 2: Groovy 60’s Sounds from the Land of Smile!
The Velvelettes — “He Was Really Sayin’ Somethin’” — Hitsville USA: The Motown Singles Collection 1959-1971
Tabu Ley Rochereau & African Jazz — “Succes African Jazz” — The Voice Of Lightness: Congo Classics 1961-1971
Small Faces — “Eddie’s Dreaming” — Small Faces [mono]
Kassav’ — “Ida” — Lagué Moin
Jape Richardson & The Echoes — “Monkey Song (You Made a Monkey Out of Me)” — Beat From Badsville Vol. 3
Baligh Hamdi — “Hanim” — Instrumental Modal Pop of 1970’s Egypt
Ramones — “Go Mental” — Road to Ruin Keith Hudson & The Soul Syndicate — “Bad Things Dub” — Nuh Skin Up
Remmy Ongala & Orchestre Super Matimila — “Arusi Ya Mwanza (A Wedding In Mwanza)” — Nalila Mwana
The Flamingos — “Let’s Make Up” — Dangerous Doo-Wop 1
Sapan Chakraborty & R. D. Burman — “Baby Let’s Dance Together” — Bollywood Funk: 15 Funk-Fuelled Grooves From The Bollywood Classics
Masters Of Reality — “The Candy Song” — Masters Of Reality
Pier’ Rosier & Gazolinn’ — “Gadé Moin” — Gazolinn’
The Del-Vetts — “Last Time Around” — Nuggets I: Original Artyfacts From The First Psychedelic Era
Los Beltons — “Cumbia Pop” — Cumbia Beat Vol.1
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Family — “Anyway” — Anyway
Pictured: MFSB.
“Always own your tools,” he’d say. “Your tools and your house. That way they cain’t take it away from ya. Don’t live on no paycheck and don’t never ask the man for a thing. You got what he want right here in yo’ hands.” He’d hold up a chisel or a pile of freshly smithed square nails. “That way you gonna be a man. A’cause that’s what a man is—it’s what he could do. You-all be thinkin’ that bein’ a man got somethin’ to do wit’ women, but that ain’t true. Woman compliment a man but he got to have his own if he wanna be wit’ her. Shit! She wanna big dick what she need t’do is t’get her a horse.”
— Walter Mosely, Black Betty.
Here’s what we played in Ep. 305 of No Condition Is Permanent:
MFSB — “The Zip” — Philadelphia Freedom
Sewa Jacintho — “Secret Populaire” — Akwaba Abidjan: Afrofunk in 1970s Ivory Coast
The Belairs — “Volcanic Action” — Lost Legends Of Surf Guitar Vol. 4: Shockwave!
Los Feos — “Feíto Parrandero” — Saturno 2000: La Rebajada De Los Sonideros 1962-1983
The Rainbows — “Help Me If You Can” — Soul Stormers: Up-Tempo Northern Soul
Majid Soula — “Ay Iheqqiyen” — Chant Amazigh
The Fleshtones — “(Legend of a) Wheelman” — Hexbreaker!
Lee Perry & The Upsetters — “Culter Dub” — Dub Treasures from the Black Ark: Rare Dubs 1976 – 1978
The Fabulous Counts — “Jan Jan” — Funky Crimes
Baligh Hamdi — “Mawood” — Instrumental Modal Pop of 1970’s Egypt
Chico & Buddy — “Can You Dig It?” — Dave Hamilton’s Detroit Funk
Leroy Smart — “Ballistic Affair” — Island 45rpm
Choker Campbell — “Walking On My Thin Soul Shoes” — All Night Rhythm & Rock
Asha Bhosle & R. D. Burman — “Dum Maro Dum” — Bollywood Funk: 15 Funk-Fuelled Grooves From The Bollywood Classics
The Scarlets — “Stampede” — Strummin’ Mental!
Sandro Brugnolini — “Megattera” — Flipper Psychout: Original Italian Library Music From the Vaults of Flipper
The Invaders — “Spacing Out” — Spacing Out
Olinga Gaston — “Ngon Engap” — Pop Makossa: The Invasive Dance Beat Of Cameroon 1976-1984
The Real Kids — “Better Be Good” — The Real Kids
Los Átomos De Paramonga — “El Canguro” — Cumbia Arabe: Obscure Psych Cumbia Gems
The Feelies — “Fa Ce La” — Ork Records: New York, New York
The Aay Jays — “Lal Qalandar Lal” — Pakistan: Folk and Pop Instrumentals 1966-1976
The Vice-Roys — “Don’t Let Go” — Desperate Rock ‘N’ Roll Vol. 9
The Sweet Talks — “Eyi Su Ngaangaa” — Ghana Soundz: Afro-Beat, Funk & Fusion In ’70s Ghana
JD McPherson — “Lust For Life / Sixteen” — New West 45rpm
Pamelo Mounk’a — “Aminata-D’Abidjan” — Pamelo Mounk’a (“Red Album”)
Suicide — “Ghost Rider” — Suicide
Noro Morales — “Vitamina” — Latin Underground Revolution 3 (Ansonia Records Rare Groove: Mambo, Boogaloo, Descarga & Salsa From New York City 1960-1976)
The Shangri-Las — “Love You More Than Yesterday” — Myrmidons of Melodrama
Phương Tâm — “Buồn 18 (Sorrow At 18)” — Saigon Surf Twist & Soul (1964-1966)
Kenny Henkle’s Friends — “The Bee” — The Graveyard Tramps Eat The Forbidden City Dog Food
The Revolutionaries — “No 44 Magnum” — Revival Dub: Roots “Now”
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The Flamingos — “I Only Have Eyes for You” — Slow Grind Fever Vol. 3
"The compensation for the loss of innocence, of simplicity, of unselfconscious energy, is the classic moment... It's there on record. You can play it any time."
- George Melly, Revolt Into Style
"Reciprovocation ees the spites of life, M'sieur"
- Mlle. Hepzibah, Pogo